About this Product
Tea coy with hand embroidered portrait of Alice Paul.
This item was on display in the Co-Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism exhibition at the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY in the summer of 2024.
Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977) A graduate of Swarthmore College with a Bachelor’s degree in biology and the University of Pennsylvania with a Master’s degree in social work, Paul set out to right the injustices of the world. She soon realized that inequality was one of the biggest issues of the day. After moving to London (1907-1910) to study economics, she became active in the Women’s Social and Political union under Suffragettes Emmeline and Cristabel Pankhurst. After returning to the US, Paul continued her studies (PhD and several law degrees) and her interest in the Women’s Suffrage. Eventually breaking for the National American Women’s Suffrage Association, she formed the National Women’s Party to focus on securing the constitutional amendment giving women the vote. Her Silent Sentinels began picketing the White House in 1917. Paul, along with others, was imprisoned and forced fed after attempting a hunger strike. The 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote was ratified in 1920, but Paul knew the fight was not over. She and Crystal Eastman penned the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, and worked to have the ERA ratified until her death in 1977. The ERA is still not ratified. (Suggested reading: A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul & the Battle for the Ballot by Mary Walton)
Tea cozy fits most standard tea pots and is roughly 10" x 13" (26 mm x 33 mm). All materials are 100% cotton. Hand embroidered portrait. Machine sewn/quilted tea cozy. Do not microwave. Spot clean recommended. Hand wash only as needed. Mug pictured is not included.
Pattern design by Patricia F. (Tisha) Dolton, aprilsongstress designs - aprilsongstress.com - © 2020-2025
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Meet the Maker
Tisha Dolton is a librarian, public historian, singer and embroidery artist specializing in the women's suffrage movement. She creates original patterns and hand embroiders portraits of suffragists and other inspirational people, mainly women.
How it’s Made
Pattern drawn by me using paper and marker, then hand embroidered by me. My mother sewed it into a machine quilted tea cozy. Biography researched and written by me.
